Council Transparency & Accountability

Transparency & Accountability

Tay Township is committed to providing effective and responsive local government for all residents. This includes fostering transparency, encouraging public participation, and ensuring open access to information that impacts the community.

Key principles:

  • Responding to public needs and valuing community input;
  • Delivering high-quality services to residents; and
  • Promoting the efficient and responsible use of public resources

Accountability and transparency are essential to good governance and help build public trust. These principles are upheld through open, accessible processes that guide all municipal activities and services.

Council Code of Conduct Freedom of Information

Declaration of Pecuniary Interest Registry

When members of Council, as well as Committees and Boards, discuss topics that involve personal interests, they must publicly declare these conflicts. The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act requires the municipality to maintain a public registry of all pecuniary interests declared by members of Council, Committees and Boards. 

Declaration of Pecuniary Interest Registry

Integrity Commissioner

Integrity Commissioner - Principles Integrity

An Integrity Commissioner is an independent resource who reports to Council and is responsible for performing in an independent manner the functions assigned by the municipality with respect to:

  1. The application of the code of conduct for members of Council and the code of conduct for members of local boards.
  2. The application of any procedures, rules and policies of the municipality and local boards governing the ethical behaviour of members of council and of local boards.
  3. The application of sections 5, 5.1 and 5.2 of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act to members of council and of local boards.
  4. Requests from members of Council and of local boards for advice respecting their obligations under the code of conduct applicable to the member.
  5. Requests from members of Council and of local boards for advice respecting their obligations under a procedure, rule or policy of the municipality or of the local board, as the case may be, governing the ethical behaviour of members.
  6. Requests from members of council and of local boards for advice respecting their obligations under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
  7. The provision of educational information to members of Council, members of local boards, the municipality and the public about the municipality’s codes of conduct for members of council and members of local boards and about the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

Effective October 22, 2025, Tay Township has appointed Principles Integrity to deliver the above services. The Integrity Commissioner can be contacted at:

Principles Integrity
Attention: Jeffrey A. Abrams and Janice Atwood-Petkovski
Tel No.: 647-259-8697
Email: postoffice@principlesintegrity.org 

Closed Meeting Investigator

Closed Meeting Investigator - Principles Integrity

Under Section 239 of the Municipal Act any individual may request that an investigation be undertaken to determine whether a municipality or local board has complied with the Municipal Act or its Procedure By-law in respect of a meeting or part of a meeting that was closed to the public. Tay Township is committed to ensuring that any request for an investigation under Section 239 of the Municipal Act is dealt with in a fair, open and expeditious manner.

Effective October 22, 2025, Tay Township has appointed Principles Integrity to deliver the above services. The Closed Meeting Investigator can be contacted at:

Principles Integrity
Attention: Jeffrey A. Abrams and Janice Atwood-Petkovski
Tel No.: 647-259-8697
Email: postoffice@principlesintegrity.org 

Tay Township
450 Park Street, PO Box 100
Victoria Harbour
ON L0K 2A0
Phone: 705-534-7248
Fax: 705-534-4493

Katelyn Johns
Municipal Clerk/Library CEO
705-534-7248 ext. 240
kjohns@tay.ca

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